VPLb1118 Quantitative Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: frame research problem, formulate research question, and appropriately design empirical research.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: - identify basic research designs; - Identify types of validity in social science research; - prepare the operationalization of research questions - Design a simple research project
Syllabus
  • Base of scientific knowledge. Research process.
  • Operationalisation
  • Quantitative description and quantitative explanation
  • Theory and research
  • Research design: experiment and survey
  • Validity and reliability of research
  • Measuring with a questionary
  • Sampling
  • Secondary data
Literature
    required literature
  • Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
  • NOWAK, Stefan. Metodologie sociologických výzkumů : obecné problémy. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1975, 411 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Group solution and discussion of tasks.
Assessment methods
Three minor written exams. Final major written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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